The Mr. Robot Cast Had a Bunch of Recognizable Guest Stars You May Know
The Mr. Robot cast had a lot of people from other popular projects. Of course, that includes Alf!
With its intriguing blend of suspense and psychological drama, Mr. Robot is one well-oiled TV machine.
From 2015 to 2019, the USA Network series starred Bohemian Rhapsody Oscar champ, Rami Malek, in his Emmy-winning role as Elliot Alderson, a brilliant but troubled cybersecurity ace.
Elliot is recruited by the mysterious anarchist “Mr. Robot,” played by Christian Slater, to join a group of hackers — Fsociety — aiming to bring down corrupt corporations. What could go wrong? Well, several twists and turns later, the exciting series came to a close after four seasons.
Elliot’s shaky grip on reality is apt to make you wonder what’s actually going on at times. What’s constantly clear is that Mr. Robot is jammed with juicy characters, including ones played by series regulars as well as ones who popped in for relatively short stays.
With Mr. Robot now on streaming, it’s a great time to check out the best guest stars across the show's four seasons, in our spoiler-free roundup.
Why you recognize these Mr. Robot guest stars
Rick Gonzalez
He plays Isaac Vera, a drug supplier who collides with Elliot in dark and twisted ways. You may recognize him as Timo Cruz, a rudderless teen basketball player in the 2005 film Coach Carter (2005) and as Rene “Wild Dog” Ramirez, a series regular in the CW series Arrow.
Jake Busey
He plays Freddy Lomax, a lawyer whose very disturbing dark side is eventually revealed. Busey, whose dad, Gary, is also an actor, is best known from Starship Troopers (1997), The Frighteners (1996), and the From Dusk till Dawn: The Series.
Ron Cephas Jones
He plays Leslie Romero, an Fsociety member whose ambitions lead to conflicts within the group. You may recognize Jones from his two-time Emmy-winning guest role in the NBC drama This Is Us and the series Genius: MLK/X, which aired a year after his death in 2023.
Rizwan Manji
He plays Norm Gill, an FBI agent who investigates an Fsociety hack. Manji is widely known for his portrayal of Ray Butani, a businessman and former town council member in Schitt’s Creek. You may also recognize him as Tick Pickwick in the Syfy series The Magicians.
Ramy Youssef
He plays Samar Swailem, a security analyst with an inflated take on his reputation with women. (3 episodes in Season 3). He’s widely known for his Golden Globe-winning role as the title character in Ramy, a Hulu series he stars in and co-created about Muslim American millennial in New Jersey.
Paul Fusco/ALF
A marionette performer and voice actor, Fusco pops up as ALF — we kid you not — in a trippy episode set inside a 1990s family sitcom-style road trip. As any ALF fan will tell you, that name is an acronym for Alien Life Form. The NBC series, set in suburban California, aired from 1986 to 1990.
Ben Rappaport
He plays Ollie Parker, who works at the same cybersecurity firm as Elliot. Rappaport is recognizable thanks to a number of high-profile gigs, including leading NBC’s Outsourced, and a recurring role in Ozark. He’s currently planted in a main role in NBC's Grosse Pointe Garden Society.
Jon Glaser
He plays Tobias, an intoxicated mall Santa (yes, really), who gets unwittingly pulled into Elliot-related intrigue. You may recognize him from Delocated, a sitcom about the Witness Protection Program he created in starred in. He also played Jeremy Jamm on Parks and Recreation. Glaser is a five-time Emmy nominee as a writer on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
Michael Buscemi
He plays Leslie Romero in Season 1, Episode 1, before the role was recast. An actor and a writer he’s known for the film BlacKKKlansman and the series Nurse Jackie. He frequently collaborates with his brother, Steve Buscemi.
